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: Pinball serves as a tactile, retro anchor in an increasingly digitized and uncertain era.

: During the height of the 2020 lockdowns, Crosley finds herself trapped in a small New York apartment. To cope with the "rar" (a compressed, claustrophobic feeling) of quarantine, she turns to a digital pinball app on her phone. Pinball.Lockdown.rar

: The essay reflects on how we "compress" our lives during a crisis. The title's .rar extension suggests a life that has been zipped up, stored away, and waiting to be extracted back into reality. Key Themes : Pinball serves as a tactile, retro anchor

: How screens became our primary interface for joy, frustration, and accomplishment when physical touch was removed. : Pinball serves as a tactile